At the first elections in 1948, most of those elected to the Legislative Council were predictably members of the Planters and Taxpayers Association.

It was not until June 3, 1958, when Los Angeles voters approved a " Taxpayers Committee for Yes on Baseball " referendum, that the Dodgers were able to acquire of Chavez Ravine from the city.

He declared however that, if Dole were to choose a pro-choice running mate, he would run as the US Taxpayers Party ( now Constitution Party ) candidate.

Taxpayers weren't on the hook if they went belly up, only their shareholders and other creditors were.

Taxpayers affected by the rules who engaged in intercompany transactions under RMB 20 million for the year were generally exempted from reporting, documentation, and penalties.

Taxpayers were originally expected to pay only $ 2 million of the budget while registration fees would cover the rest.

The Dever administration came under fire in 1952 when the Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers Associations found pensions for members and former members of the state legislature were increased.

Most of the state membership preferred the name " American Heritage Party " to " Washington Taxpayers Party ", so when Eby called a special convention for considering the name change, the nays were few.

Among the notable clients were: the Friends of Free China, the Friends of Jim Buckley, the Committee of Single Taxpayers, the American-Chilean Council, the Ad Hoc Citizens Legal Defense Fund for the FBI, Firing Line, and Covenant House.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation and Toronto Board of Trade were opposed on the grounds that it would hurt businesses, with polls showing that 70 % of respondents supported cutting expenditures instead of raising taxes.

In 2011, he joined former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein when together they were honoured by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation with their Tax Fighter Award.

In 1998 three options were presented, 1 ) to remain affiliated with the national American Party ( AP ), 2 ) to affiliate with the National U. S. Taxpayers Party ( later named Constitution Party ), or 3 ) create the National Independent American Party ( IAP ).

Taxpayers were permitted to calculate depreciation only under the declining balance method switching to straight line or the straight line method.

Taxpayers were further partitioned into " nonbusiness " and " business " groups and each group was divided into five classes based on total positive income.

Ralphbucks also made it into national media after a handful of non-Albertans came forward to admit they had received Ralphbucks cheques to which they were not entitled, prompting criticism from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

However, Beauprez is a conservative Republican who alienated some independent and moderate voters with his strong stance against many social programs and criticism of funding for public education, such as his staunch opposition to Referendum C ( funding for higher education and temporary reversal of Taxpayers Bill of Rights ).

Taxpayers who use these schemes must also disclose their use when they submit their tax returns.

Boylan is also known as an electoral reform activist, active in the movement for proportional representation since 1997 when he became a director of the BC Electoral Change Coalition led by Troy Lanigan of the Canadian Taxpayers ' Federation.

The first political party, the Taxpayers Association, was formed in 1939.

It was founded as the U. S. Taxpayers ' Party by Howard Philips in 1991.

The present-day Constitution Party of Wisconsin was begun in 1991 as a unit of the U. S. Taxpayers Party.

He was a vocal opponent of the amalgamation of the old City of Toronto with neighbouring municipalities in 1997, and led the group Taxpayers Against Megacity.

It was founded as the U. S. Taxpayers Party in 1992.

The only exception was for Special Occupational Taxpayers ( SOT ): licensed machine gun dealers with demonstration letters, manufacturers, and those dealing in exports and imports.

Due to the introduction of the MMP electoral system, a New Right " Association of Consumers and Taxpayers " party, known as ACT New Zealand was formed by ex-Labour New Right-aligned Cabinet Ministers like Richard Prebble and others, and maintaining existing New Right policy initiatives such as the Employment Contracts Act, while also introducing US-style " welfare reform.

While working on the committee, he was given a " satisfactory " ( 64 percent ) rating from the National Taxpayers Union.

During his work in Congress, Ose was named a “ Hero of the Taxpayers ” by Americans for Tax Reform, a “ Guardian of Small Business ” by the National Federation of Independent Business and earned a “ Tax Fighter ” award from the National Tax Limitation Committee.

Stearns was one of only 39 House members to receive an “ A ” rating from the National Taxpayers Union ( NTU ).

The Canadian Taxpayers ' Federation noted that between 1982 and 2005, Ottawa handed out over $ 18. 2 billion to corporations, of which only $ 7. 1 billion was repayable, and only $ 1. 3 billion was ever repaid.

In July, after failing to gain any ground in the presidential race, Smith announced he was leaving the Republican Party and would seek the nomination of the U. S. Taxpayers Party for president.

The measure was sponsored by Bill Sizemore and his Oregon Taxpayers United anti-tax group, as part of the Oregon tax revolt.

Toomey was rated 80 % by the National Taxpayers Union ( NTU ), classifying him as what the NTU considers to be a " Taxpayer's Friend " on tax votes.

The use of public money was criticised by Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker as a " very expensive " way to issue press releases ; and by the Taxpayers ' Alliance.

On 24 February 2008, John Lyon, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, was asked by the Taxpayers ' Alliance to investigate whether Martin had abused parliamentary expenses and allowances.

In 1992, Knight was the vice-presidential candidate of the US Taxpayers Party in the U. S. presidential election.

Titus was the vice-presidential candidate of the Constitution Party ( also known as the U. S. Taxpayers Party ) in 1996, as the running-mate of Howard Phillips.

In 1998 Frazier was the U. S. Taxpayers party ( Constitution Party ) candidate for US Senate in Missouri, receiving 15, 368 votes for 1. 0 % of the vote.

Robinson, a former president of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, was considered a favourite but failed to win support among Francophones.

In 2008, she was given the European Taxpayers ' Award from the Taxpayers ' Association of Europe for her decision to abolish export refunds for exports of live cattle from the EU, and for her ongoing efforts to improve the transparency of agricultural payments.

Forbes is also on the board of directors of the National Taxpayers ' Union.

From 2000 until 2006 Chafee's tax policy received a 43. 7 % rating, on average, from the National Taxpayers Union -- indicating a " satisfactory " stance.

Meanwhile, Brown's ratings are lower in issues that deal with agriculture and economics such as National Taxpayers Union-Positions on Tax and Spending ( 5 %), American Farm Bureau Federation – Positions ( 33 %), and United States Chamber of Commerce – Positions ( 13 %).

In January 2008, Smith began writing editorials on the web page of the Constitution Party ( formerly called the U. S. Taxpayers ' Party ), which fueled speculation that Smith intended to seek the party's presidential nomination.

The National Taxpayers Union has worked to enact constitutional limits on government taxes, spending and debt.

Cuellar's ratings from various groups include the following: NARAL Pro-Choice America, 50 ; National Right to Life Center, 20 ; ACLU, 67 ; Human Rights Campaign, 70 ; American Conservative Union, 12 ; Americans for Democratic Action, 80 ; Drum Major Institute, A ; Family Research Council, 29 ; Children's Defense Fund, 100 ; League of Conservation Voters, 100 ; Numbers USA, D ; American Public Health Association, 89 ; Alliance for Retired Americans, 88 ; AFL-CIO, 81 ; National Education Association, A ; AFSCME, 86 ; BIPAC, 60 ; Chamber of Commerce, 72 ; Club for Growth, 9 ; National Federation of Independent Business, 73 ; Taxes & Spending Americans for Tax Reform, 15 ; Citizens Against Government Waste, 22 ; National Taxpayers Union, 7 ; Defense and Peace Council for a Livable World, 50 ; Center for Security Policy, 50 ; Friends Committee on National Legislation, 50 ; Peace Action, 23 ; Gunowners of America, C ; Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, 0.

* 1999 – Robert C. Smith, U. S. Senator from New Hampshire, left the Republican Party on July 13, 1999 while running for the party's presidential nomination ; became an independent and declared himself a candidate for the U. S. Taxpayers Party presidential nomination and an independent candidate.

He was also a member of the Interprovincial Association on Native Employment, the Interprovincial Inland Fisherman's Association and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

Unlike other CTF employees, he's not worked in partisan politics, instead working with reform advocacy groups and serves on the board of directors for the Stockholm Sweden-based World Taxpayers Association.

" However, on March 9, 2006 the Canadian Taxpayers Federation announced a withdrawal of the Teddy Waste Award given to the government of Manitoba.

Taxpayers can often get a tax refund on their income tax if the tax they owe is less than the sum of the total amount of the withholding taxes and estimated taxes that they paid, plus the refundable tax credits that they claim.

The right-leaning Toronto Sun praised his efforts on March 4, 2004, by saying that " Taxpayers should give rookie councillor Mike Del Grande a big thank-you today ", and rated him a " B " in a subsequent article on November 24, 2004, by stating that he " shakes up " people on council " with his knowledge of numbers and computers.

He secured a spot on the November ballot on the Taxpayers Party line only to be removed later to avoid a split ticket, and he petitioned his way onto the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor where he ran against the party's designee, Greg Edwards, the County Executive in Chautauqua County, in western New York.

Taxpayers pay either on a " pay as you earn " system or a " pay and file " system.

Previously he was Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University, on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers, and Former Assistant Attorney General for Colorado.

* Constitution Party ( listed on ballot as U. S. Taxpayers Party ) Bhagwan Dashairya